Suffern High School

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Suffern High School
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Address
Suffern High School
49 Viola Road

, ,
10901

United States
Coordinates 41°8′3″N74°6′35″W / 41.13417°N 74.10972°W / 41.13417; -74.10972
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School type Public, High school
Founded1904;120 years ago (1904) [1]
School district Suffern Central School District
PrincipalPaul Adler [2]
Teaching staff107.63 (FTE) (2018–19) [3]
Grades 912 [3]
Number of students1,451 (2018–19) [3]
Student to teacher ratio13.48 (2018–19) [3]
Campus Suburban [3]
Color(s)  Navy Blue
  Carolina Blue
  White
MascotMountain lion
Nickname Mountie
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Last updated: July 5, 2019;5 years ago (2019-07-05)

Suffern High School is a public high school in the Suffern Central School District (formerly known as the Ramapo Central School District) located in Suffern, New York. The school's mascot is a mountain lion (Mountie). Its yearbook is the Panorama. In 2015, Newsweek magazine ranked Suffern High in the top 500 high schools in the United States at number 439. [4]

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Academics

Suffern High School offers many honors level classes, AP classes, and classes affiliated with the Syracuse University Project Advance program, the University of Cambridge, and SUNY Albany are offered as well.

Athletics

Suffern High offers many sports throughout the year that take place both on and off campus; the school sports team is the Mounties. Some sports games are played at Suffern Middle School, located close to the high school. The following sports are available at Suffern (boys and girls teams are available unless noted): [5]

Hockey

On March 11, 2012 Suffern High School won the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) state Hockey championship. [7] They would win again in 2022, and reach the state finals in 2023.

In March 2024 Suffern HS Hockey team, The Mounties, became Hockey New York State NYSPHSAA Division 1 Champions. This is the Mounties second championship in three years. The Mounties are now one of eight programs in the entire New York state to win four or more state championships.

Notable alumni

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